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My inkjet all in one keeps going offline in Windows. it connects over USB. other devices print to it without problems. only this PC thinks its offline, and it started after the driver update from Canon :D ive removed and re added the printer once, and that…
Every time I try to print from the word processor, teh print dialog freezes and then the printers list goes empty. Windows says teh Print Spooler service isnt running. I start it again, try to print, and it crashes again. This started after I installed Acer…
every time Im in a battle royale, somewhere around changing graphics settings, teh game freezes and closes with this: The error text mentions DXGI ERROR DEVICE REMOVED. The graphics card is obviously still in the PC. This only started after i installed Dell…
okay, this is driving me nuts, black sceren, fans ramp up, and about five seconds later Windows comes back like nothing happened... then this pops up: its always while wtaching a video in the browser... my gaming laptop is not overclocked and temps look…
so annoyed rn i wanted to do upgrading the drive on my new laptop. Made a Windows USB stick, booted it, clicked through to the disk selection screen and got this: no drives at all. the BIOS clearly shows the NVMe SSD with its correct model and size. ive…
okay, I feel dumb, but I'm stuck at step one. trying removing bloatware on my freshly built PC 🙏 windows setup shows no drives. I downloaded M3N78D Bios from ASRock on another computer, but its an EXE, not something teh installer can use. how do I get the…
Maybe a hot take, but i disabled every enhancement in Sound settings and the Realtek app, and late night TV sounds cleaner on studio headphones. Am i missing out on something by not using spatial audio, or is plain stereo just fine for most people? i'm…
guys pls help i pay for gigabit fiber and my home server is wired, but speed tests top out at roughly 95 Mbps 👍 Windows says the link speed is 100/100 Mbps. Thats suspicious, cuz before the Gigabyte P2542G WLAN Driver 15.1.1.1 update it showed 1000 and i…
hmmmm ok im losnig this fight with my own computer.. :D the screen resolution reset since the Quadro Graphics Driver update. i tried Device Manager rollback (greyed out), uninstall via Settings (it came back), and installing the older package over the top…
I wanted to do replacing teh SSD on my ultrabook. Made a Windows USB stick, booted it, clicked throguh to teh disk selection screen and got this: no drives at all. the BIOS clearly shows the NVMe SSD with its correct model and size. ive remade teh USB stick…
I play an open world RPG every evening on my small form factor PC and know exactly how it should feel. After installing Intel i830/i845/i852/i855/i865 (Windows NT) , it's noticeably choppier, frame times are all over the place, and tonight it even crashed…
code 10 on teh audio device and Im stuck. it started after a BIOS update 😤 my laptop used to have perfectly normal sound. now there's a red X on teh speaker icon and Sound settings says no output devices found. I've reinstalled HD ALC 880 Audio CODECs from…
hmmmm ok i installed teh Intel HD NUC Graphics Driver 15.33.42.4358 update last night and this morning my gaming desktop looked like this in video playback: little colored blocks, flickering lines, sometimes a whole strip of the sceren goes green for a…
im losing this fight with my own computer. stuttering in every game since the Nvidia Graphics Driver update. i tried Device Manager rollback (greyed out), uninstall via Settings (it came back), and installing the older package over teh top (installer said a…
help!! after installing Intel Arc Graphics Windows DCH Driver 31.0.101.5074 Ive had random driver crashes on my streaming PC... fine, Ill just roll it back... except the Roll Back Driver button is greyed out, and when I uninstalled it Windows put a driver…
ok weird one i installed the NVIDIA GeForce Quadro Graphics Driver 310.40 for FreeBSD 64 bit update last night and this morning my home built PC looked like this in teh browser: little colored blocks, flickering lines, someitmes a whole strip of teh screen…
okay, i give up guessing :/ my office laptop has had no sound since the audio driver updated. ive tried the troubleshooter, switching the default device, unplugging and replugging teh headphones, and restarting teh Windows Audio service. nothing helped. im…
not gonna lie this is driving me nuts genuine question about update philosophy. my PC is stable on a dirver from last year. the new Forceware Driver lists fixes that dont really affect me. do you update anyway for security and compatibility, or do you only…
Since updating the graphics driver my AV receiver gets no audio over HDMI at all. I tried another HDMI cable, another port, and restarting the AV receiver. In Sound settings the HDMI device doesn't even appear, and in Device Manager I don't see a high…
not gonna lie this is driving me nuts i downloaded NVIDIA Display Driver 331.20 for FreeBSD 64 bit , the download page clearly lists Linux, and Im on one of those. I ran the official installer on my laptop and got this: it says the drievr isnt cmopatible…
Every time Im in a flight sim, somewhere around opening the map, the game freezes and closes with this: The error text mentions DXGI ERROR DEVICE REMOVED. The graphics card is obviously still in the PC 😂 This only started after I installed ASUS P8Q67 M DO…
ok weird one im losing this fight with my own computer... the screen resoluiton reset since the Forceware Drivers (Windows 9X/ME) 61.76 Certified update. I tried Device Manager rollback (greyed out), uninstall via Settings (it came back), and installing the…
ugh. im planning a fresh install on my desktop and wondering how to handle storage drivers this time. Should i go with teh vendors GCC H23N Firmware and RAID/VMD mode, or AHCI and the inbox driver? Priority for me is stability. What would you choose and why?…
guys pls help i wanted to do upgrading the drive on my prebuilt desktop. made a Windows USB stick, booted it, clicked through to teh disk selection screen and got this: No drives at all. The BIOS clearly shows the NVMe SSD with its correct model and size.…
no more three finger swipes on my gaming laptop. The A880GZ HDMI Driver update came through Windows Update. Ive rebooted, checked touchpad settings, and toggled the touchpad off and on. The gesture options are simply missing. Im comfortable with Device…
